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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, A ug us t 4, 20 22 | 18 COMMUNITY Clockwise from top left, Monica Edoo (left) and her daughter Deborah Edoo enjoy a picnic lunch at Oakville's Emancipation Day Picnic held on the grounds of the Oakville Museum on Erchless Estate. The event celebrated the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire. Mira Sharma records the calypso sounds performed by CCAH Steel Band member Denise Als. Oakville MP and Minister of Defence Anita Anand reiterates the apology delivered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month for the anti-Black racism experienced by members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion during the First World War. Mayor Rob Burton presents Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton President Andrew Tyrrell with the north Oakville park plaque that bears the name of his late mother Veronica Tyrrell, a long-time president of the CCAH who also served on the Halton Multicultural Council. Graham Paine/Metroland A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM